Recognition of childhood overweight during health supervision visits: Does BMI help pediatricians?

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 225-

  Barlow, Sarah E ^a,b   Bobra, Sonal R ^b   Elliott, Michael B ^b   Brownson, Ross C ^b   Haire Joshu, Debra ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Diet counseling; Exercise counseling; Growth chart; Physician practice behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846881564     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.535     Document Type: Article

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